GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 518, 27 May 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

luv TKLEoiurn—ritEss association— copTttianx.) »- AUCKLAND DRAINAGE LOAN. ' (Roc. May 26, 10.35 p.m.) London, May 26. The Auckland drainage loan of £100,000 at 4 per cent., issued at par, has been illlotted. GREAT DAMAGE TO BOOKS. London, May 25. A firo' occurred at the. warehouse, of the Society for tho Promotion of Christian Knowledge, in Northumberland Avonuo. 'Books were damaged to tho amount of £25.000.

DRAPER'S. BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES. ■> -.•;■. ■ London, May 25; The estate of the'lato-Mr. Frederick Gorriuge,: draper, has been valued at £673,627. Ho bequeathed £400,000 to charities upon his widow's death. ".... BoiiNG. • '.•.'"'.",'■■■ V':/;: London, May 25. .' Langford knocked out lan-Hague in the fourth round for the National Sporting Club's purse of £1800. . .'--.,, [This cablegram was misinterpreted yesterday as referring to.the proposed Johnson-Lang-ford match. Hague is the Englishman who defeated "Gunner" Moir.]. ; • COST OF CLEANING SYDNEY. Sydney, May 26. The municipal accounts show that the cost of keeping Sydney clean is £45,000 per annum.' PACIFIC ISLANDS: LANDSLIP AND NATIVE TROUBLES. !;Sydney, May .26. News has been received that an earthquake in tho new: Hebrides caused a landslip at Tonga (? Tanna), which killed three natives. Tribal disturbances are reported inland at the island of Atchin. POTATO INDUSTRY: RUINOUS PEST .■.,...•■. IN TASMANIA. ; ■■• Hobart, May 26. .The. Government Entomologist, after inspection of the potato crop in tho Devonport district, reports that brown spot or rust is so prevalent-this season that the potato industry is practically; doomed, unless some effective' measures are taken to check the disease.

BROKEN HILL:'FUNDS WANTED. Sydney, May 26. The Broken Hill Unions'-Committee is appealing for funds for tho unemployed. It points out that tho late' stru??le has taught the l"S-r>n that the present form of organisation is'not perfect., , 'ELECTROCUTED. ■'■/. Sydney, May 26. A' plumber named Barnett, while working on the, roof of a buijding at Newcastle, was electrocuted.' It is supposed that ho slipped and clutched a live wire to save himself from falling. Three finders were burned off.